As we end another violent week in America, thoughts this morning from veteran journalist James Fallows, author of 12 books and the man behind Breaking the News on Substack:

The ordinary days or weeks roll by. Then, in an instant, we know that things have changed, and we're on an unknown path. These moments—of sudden awareness that "history" is happening around us, but confusion about its shape and theme—are unforgettable, and painful.

Many of today's Americans can remember the shock of such a moment 24 years ago, when the World Trade Towers came down.

Now, with the gun killing of Charlie Kirk , following the gun killings of Melissa and Mark Hortman in Minnesota, and the many other escalating acts of political violence, on top of endless school shootings , we have entered ano

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